Improvement in carriage-seats



D. EQGALE. Carriage-Seat.

No. 204,891 Patented June 18, 1878'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DUDLEY GALE, OF SALISBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENTUIN CARRIAGE-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,891, dated J nne1-, H79;

application filed November 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUDLEY EVANS GALE, of Salisbury, in the county ofEssex, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and moreexpeditious method of operating the seats in a vehicle known as the Jump-Seat Carriage and I do hereby declarethe followin g to be a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. V

The nature of my invention consists in connecting the front iron rodsused in operating the back seat with the back leg or brace to the frontseat, by arod of iron or other metal, in such a manner that by operatingthe back seat in the usual manner the front seat is also forced intoposition.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing, which represents a longitudinal verticalsection of my seats, A represents the body of a box-buggy; but myinvention can be applied to a standingtop carriage as well. B is therear or jump seat. The top ends of two rods or arms, 0 O, are pivoted tothis seat, and the lower ends of said rods or arms are pivoted to theinside of the carriage-body, allowing the seat to be placed on the backpart of the body or over the center thereof, according as a front seatis required or not.

' I construct the front operati n g-rod G crooked, as shown in thedrawings, in order that if a door is required to the carriage the saidrod or arm will not be in the way, and of sufficient length below thepivot to raise or lower the front seat the distance required to place itin position by means of the curved connectingrod E, said rod beingpivoted to the said rod or arm 0, and also to the back leg or brace ofthe front seat (marked F) at the joint to. The frontleg(marked G) isconstructed with a mortise at b, in which is pivoted the said back legor brace, said back legs or braces being connected together by the rodH.

When both seats are in use, and only one is required, the back seat israised and moved forward in the usual manner. During this movement ofthe back seat the front seat is drawn backward and downward by means ofthe rods 0 and E, forcing backward the joint to. In like manner, whenthe back seat is raised and moved backward the movement will force thefront seat into position, thus forming a combination which operates bothseats with ease and simplicity, and by one movement.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The front seat constructed with the jointed back leg F, in combinationwith the back seat provided with the pivoted legs 0 and G, the legs 0extended below the pivotal point, and connected to said leg F of thefrontseat by the curved rod E, all being combined to operatesubstantially as described.

DUDLEY E. GALE.

Witnesses EZEKIEL TRUE, MARY A. TRUE.

